Author: James Riley

Writing laws for when mind meets machine

Posted on   |  by Stuart Corner
In 2019, Elon Musk announced he hoped to implant a two-way communication device into a human brain in 2020. He didn’t. The US Federal Drug Administration won’t let him,...

On R&D spend, success can be hard to find

Posted on   |  by David Noble, Michael Charles & Robyn Keast
Any discussion about Australia’s R&D sector generally starts off by claiming that ‘Australia has spent billions on R&D over the past thirty years.’ That is true, we have. And...

‘Farcical’ NSW gig economy taskforce blows up

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The NSW government taskforce established to improve the safety of gig economy workers following the deaths of five delivery riders in two months is “farcical” and merely an attempt...

Make transparency an election issue to drive change

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Transparency in government must become an election issue to bring about meaningful change, according to experts, who expressed concern about an ongoing trend towards opacity and consequence free political...

NSW readies state overhaul of cyber defences

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A NSW parliamentary inquiry has recommended an overhaul of the state government’s cybersecurity strategy and a review of its cyber policies in the wake of a serious data breach...

Electric vehicles are back on the Labor agenda

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor will again push for an increased uptake of electric vehicles at the upcoming election with a range of tax cuts, while the government has turned its attention to...

Govt has fallen behind on space sector boom

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is “behind the eight ball” on the fast-growing space sector, with homegrown companies teaming up to build sovereign capability in the absence of Commonwealth funding support....

Facing the Husic: Labor’s Industry focus

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
It was either fortuitous timing or smart politics that led to Labor to unveil its flagship industry policy less than 24 hours after the Prime Minister buried his most...

Andrews’ promotion is a manufacturing loss

Posted on   |  by Brent Balinski
For a long time, manufacturing lacked an industry minister with a lock on the job, there for the long term and with the necessary, hard-won credibility it takes to...